Adriana Garduño-Alanis1, Lizbeth Morales-González2, Angélica Ángeles-Llerenas3, José Zaim Delgado-Ramírez3, Carolina Ortega-Olvera4, Gabriela Torres-Mejía5. 1. School of Nursing and Obstetrics, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Paseo Tollocan s/n, Esquina Jesús Carranza, Col. Moderna de la Cruz, C.P. 50180, Toluca, MEX., Mexico. 2. Research Department, Universidad de la Salud del Estado de México, Vialidad Toluca Atlacomulco 1946, Col. La Aviación, C.P. 50295, Toluca, MEX., Mexico. 3. Center for Population Health Research, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. 4. School of Nursing and Nutrition, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, Av. Niño Artillero #130, Zona Universitaria, C.P. 78240, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. 5. Center for Population Health Research, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico City, Mexico. gtorres@insp.mx.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The delay in the time (in calendar days) from the delivery of mammography results to histopathological breast cancer (BC) diagnosis could be associated with more advanced clinical stages, a worse prognosis and higher mortality. Therefore, we assessed the association between the number of biopsies and the delay in the time (in calendar days) from the delivery of mammography results to histopathological BC. METHODS: A survey was performed on 563 women aged between 35 and 69 years with histopathologically confirmed BC who attended 11 Mexican hospitals. RESULTS: After adjusting for potential confounders, the odds of having a delay in the time (in calendar days) from the delivery of mammography results to histopathological BC diagnosis (≥ 60 days) among women with ≥ 3 biopsies were 2.99 times the odds of those who had only one biopsy (95% CI 1.35, 6.63). CONCLUSION: The number of biopsies should be considered as a predictor of the time delay between the delivery of the mammography result and the diagnostic result.
PURPOSE: The delay in the time (in calendar days) from the delivery of mammography results to histopathological breast cancer (BC) diagnosis could be associated with more advanced clinical stages, a worse prognosis and higher mortality. Therefore, we assessed the association between the number of biopsies and the delay in the time (in calendar days) from the delivery of mammography results to histopathological BC. METHODS: A survey was performed on 563 women aged between 35 and 69 years with histopathologically confirmed BC who attended 11 Mexican hospitals. RESULTS: After adjusting for potential confounders, the odds of having a delay in the time (in calendar days) from the delivery of mammography results to histopathological BC diagnosis (≥ 60 days) among women with ≥ 3 biopsies were 2.99 times the odds of those who had only one biopsy (95% CI 1.35, 6.63). CONCLUSION: The number of biopsies should be considered as a predictor of the time delay between the delivery of the mammography result and the diagnostic result.
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